Svigi
Old Norse Dictionary - svigi
Meaning of Old Norse word "svigi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svigi can mean:svigi
- svigi
- a, m. [Engl. switch], a switch; sviga læ switch-bane, i. e. the fire, Vsp.; hann tók einn sviga ok ætlar at berja piltinn með, Ísl. ii. 179; sviga í hendi, Ó. T. 6, Fms. viii. 322, x. 216; berja e-n svigum, Blas. 42; skulu þér höggva yðr sviga stóra ór viði, Vápn. 15.
- svigi
- 2. mod. a hoop of switch; tunnu-svigi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. T.
- Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)